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Terry Gilliam – The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave…
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Grigoriy Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein – Staroye i novoye aka The Old and the New aka The General Line (1929)
The horseless Marfa Lapkina, together with the local agronomist and other poor peasants, organizes a dairy farm in the village.…
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Ulrike Ottinger – Johanna D’Arc of Mongolia (1989)
Asian warriors take a group of Western women hostage and bring them to their all-female village, leading to a culture…
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Alan Parker – The Commitments (1991)
Quote: Foul-mouthed, fast-talking and very funny, this is Parker’s best to date. It’s an intentionally ‘small’ movie that treats a…
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Milos Forman – Konkurs AKA Talent Competition (1964)
Quote: Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally, and in a talent…
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Aleksandr Dovzhenko – Arsenal (1928)
Set in the bleak aftermath and devastation of the World War I, a recently demobbed soldier, Timosh, returns to his…
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Bruno Dumont – Ma Loute AKA Slack Bay (2016)
Quote: Is there a more extraordinary auteur career than that of Bruno Dumont? Having started as one of Europe’s foremost…
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John Scheinfeld – Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (2016)
The film explores the global power and impact of the music of John Coltrane and reveals the passions, experiences and…
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Luchino Visconti – La Caduta Degli Dei (Götterdämmerung) aka The Damned (1969)
The Damned has often been regarded as the first of Visconti’s films described as “The German Trilogy”, followed by Death…
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